Here is the thing, I NEED to raise kids in Hawaii.

“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”- Steve Jobs

After General Conference today I was talking to my dad on the phone, this is how our conversation went.

Dad-"So what are you doing the rest of the day?"
Carlie- "We having a potluck at out house"
Dad- "With boys?"
Carlie- "Yes..."
Dad- "You need to make something good"

Like every southern girl knows, the he way to a boys heart? His stomach.

Well done Mom and Dad. Well done.

True story. 

Jumps, raves, and tubs.

Its currently 2am and as I was about to doze off I thought it was vital that I blog about the events of today. I started my day with my one class from 8:40 to 9:40. Then I came home, made my self a peanut butter banana sandwich. Have I lost you? It gets better. Then I headed over to Hukilou which is a relatively nice local beach.  We laid out, swam, and played Frisbee. When we got back Matt decided we should go jump off the point. So Amanda and I hastily joined him. This is a video of some unknown person jumping just so you get an idea of what I'm talking about.

My house is literally across the street from this. My view is of the other side of the point. After I jumped I was trying to get up onto the shelf below to climb back up, I was swimming and swimming for a good 30 seconds and not moving anywhere. For about 10 seconds of that time my life was flashing before my eyes. But I successfully made it up. Afterward our fearless leader Matt shared that he had never jumped when the waves were that big before. We can back hot tubed for a bit then went and got Subway for dinner. Next we had some people over and watched the dumbest movie I have ever seen, Shark Night. After that a few of us decided to go to this house music rave dance at the school. It turned out to be crazy fun! Fog machines, lights, strobes, the whole nine yards. We didn't stop dancing the entire time! It was all a little trippy, I can't imagine what that would have been like had I been on drugs...After that we went and got Slurpees and hot tubed! I'd say it was a pretty eventful noteworthy day.  

This Summer.

This summer, to put it simply, was not the best. I spent most of my time working at Sonic, babysitting, and cleaning a house. Even if I would have had lots of spare time, most of my friends are gone, or were out of town for most of the summer. After being away, I found it really hard to relate to friends from my past. You can only have the 'tell me about Hawaii' conversation so many times. It was a long 5 months at home and needless to say I am thrilled to be back. This summer did have some redeeming factors. I got to see my family including my sister and her family. I got to eat all the yummy food I had been deprived of. I got to spend time at the lake, and a trip to Utah. I got a much needed break from being a student, because from here on out, until Spring of 2013 my longest break will be 6 weeks. Anyways....my camera is dead and my charger is in Texas so I soon as I get that I will upload some sweet pictures. But for starters...that is my deck overlooking the ocean, so even though I'm poor and basically survive on instant oatmeal, I get over it because I'm living in such an awesome place! So far I've made some awesome new friends and gotten to reconnect with some old ones. Overall its been a great first few weeks. 

Vacay to Utah

My family made a trip up to Utah last week. It was pretty fun! On the way up I drove the whole night through and almost hit a huge elk that ran out into the middle of the road. Had I hit it, the car and myself would prolly be no more. We went swimming, out to eat, hiked, and I rode the train to Kelsey and we played around Ogden for a few days! Overall it was enjoyable!

Mom and Boston at the swimming pool


Lexi, me, and Boss


Isn't he adorable?



Fishin with papa


Boston went swimming in the freezing cold resivoir and while Jen was trying to warm him up, his sweet little sister fed him so cheese balls!





We hiked up to Tempangas caves!